Author: Peter Peryer

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Elasmosaur

At a museum here in New Plymouth there is a display or
fossils found in this country. This is one from the exhibition
that I was especially interested in, mainly because of the
teeth. I shot this photo of it through the display glass with my
little pocket Leica.


This particular skull, in this case a replica I imagine, the original
being so valuable,
was found by Joan Wiffen, in the Hawkes Bay area. She was the amateur
fossil hunter who was the first the prove that dinosaurs had at one
stage lived in New Zealand. This was contrary to current thinking.

Piano

Exactly 12 months ago I began learning the piano and I bought this
one at a piano store here in New Plymouth. When I returned home
from Invercargill recently, after 4 months I noticed how out of tune my piano had become.
I was quite encouraged to discover that I could hear how out of tune it was.
This felt like progress.

For only the second time in my life I saw a piano being tuned. I was surprised, although I
shouldn’t have been, at how there was a sophisticated electronic device to assist the process.


Joe 90

A toy that was for sale in the latest Art + Object auction.
While I don’t particularly want to own it, and I don’t think that I ever
saw the TV series, there is something about the design that catches my eye.

It reminds me a little of one of my favourite photos of the last couple of years, a
boat cradle that I saw on Waiheke Island. The photo was taken with a camphone.



Four Portraits

A couple of postings below, I have mentioned the
topic of portraits. Occasionally I get in the mood and
seem to make quite a number of them over a short period of time.

Here are four all taken in about 1984.

More Book

Auckland University Press are planning to publish a book about my work this coming year with the date for publication currently set for September. It will not be associated with an exhibition.

Part of the book is going to be a selection of 80 photos, a selection made by me from my entire photographic career. I must have all files in the publishers hands by the end of January, the list of the images by the beginning. There is quite a lot to putting this together so this Christmas there is not a lot of putting my feet up with a good book.

Here is a wall view of some of the those photos on the short list.

Double Duck


Portraiture
To my regret, I don’t take that many portraits, especially
in colour. However, here is one that I took last night.
This is Michiko my daughter-in-law.


Cup and Spoon

Two pages from a Japanese children’s book that as babysitter
I was asked to read last night.

I would like to see these images made Biennale large. Something about them
reminded me of this photo that I took in 2003. It’s called Fork & Spoon.


Trikes and Tulips

The trike photo I took because I’m staying in a home inhabited by a 2 year old.
In this case the trike is from Japan but it makes me want to hit the toy shops here immediately. Or are what we buy subtly different. I suspect so. Definitely would be more likely.

But on a deeper level, it may not be about toys at all. Here is a photo that I took in Invercargill a couple of months ago.
about 2 months ago. It seems congruent.



Japanese Piano

I am in a home in Auckland where there are some Japanese toys and here is one of
my favourites.

The sounds that this one makes are quite appealing. I’d like to see if I
could get it operating well as I’ve been practising my piano at home quite diligently.
One problem is that the instructions on this one
are verbal and in Japanese. Not that the written ones on it make
any more sense to me either although I do have help on hand.

Bit hampered right now as the batteries have gone
flat, and I go back to New Plymouth tomorrow. I think that I might
have to ask Santa for one of these. Still, I don’t think that I will book
Carnegie Hall just yet.

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